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enSuresh Das named Executive Vice-President, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environmenthttp://netindian.in/news/2015/02/26/00032782/suresh-das-named-executive-vice-president-kerala-state-council-science-tech
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<div>Eminent scientist Suresh Das has been selected as the Executive Vice- President of Kerala State Council for Science, Technology &amp; Environment.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>His name was finalised at a meeting of the State Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here yesterday from a list submitted by the three-member committee constituted by the State Planning Board Vice Chairman.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Dr. Das has been Director of CSIR-NIIST (formerly Regional Research Laboratory, Trivandrum) since 2009.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Dr. Das obtained his Ph. D. in Chemistry in 1981 from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K. &nbsp;ubsequently, he gained post-doctoral research experience at the Max Planck Institüt für Strahlenchemié, Germany (1981-1984), Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, USA (1984-1985) and the University of Houston, USA (1985-1988).&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>After a short stay as a Visiting Fellow at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, he joined as head of the newly established Photochemistry Research Unit in 1989, at the Regional Research Laboratory, Trivandrum, where he was instrumental in setting up state-of-the-art facilities for conducting advanced research in basic and applied aspects of photochemistry, and for leading the Unit (subsequently renamed as the Photosciences and Photonics Section), to its present reputed national and international status.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Dr. Das is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi and &nbsp;Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore,&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>NNN</div>
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<div>Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today asked his Cabinet colleague Arayadan Muhammad, who is in charge of railways, to visit the spot of the derailment of the Bangalore-Ernakulam Inter-City Express near Hosur in Tamil Nadu this morning.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>At least ten people have died and about 50 others suffered injuries in the mishap.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Kerala Government has opened a control room at Thiruvananthapuram with telephone number 0471-2331639.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Other helpline numbers in the state include: Thiruvananthapuram 0471 2321205, 2321237, 09746769960, Ernakulam Junction: 0484 2100317, 0813699773, 09539336040, Ernakulam Town: 0484 2398200, Thrissur: &nbsp;0487 2424148, 2430060, Aluva: 0484 2624143.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>There were 24 &nbsp;24 passengers bound for Thrissur, 14 for Ernakulam and 11 for Aluva in the D8 coach, which was the worst affected, an official press release from the state government said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Apart from Minister Aryadan Muhammad, Malappuram District Collector and Ernakulam range Inspector General of Police Ajithkumar will go to the spot, it said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>NNN</div><div>&nbsp;</div>
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<div style="float:left; border:thin solid #EEEEEE; width:239px; margin:0.5em;"><img alt="Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy inaugurating the Trivandrum International Stadium at Karyavattom in Thiruvananthapuram on January 7, 2015" src="/sites/default/files/20150126chandy235.jpg" style="text-align:center; padding:2px;" title="Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy inaugurating the Trivandrum International Stadium at Karyavattom in Thiruvananthapuram on January 7, 2015"><div class="caption">Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy inaugurating the Trivandrum International Stadium at Karyavattom in Thiruvananthapuram on January 7, 2015</div></div><div>Ahead of the 35th National Games that will be held in the state from January 31 to February 14, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy inaugurated the new Trivandrum International Stadium at Karyavattom here this evening.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The multi-purpose stadium is slated to be the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the is scheduled to host the opening and closing ceremonies of the National Games.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Construction of the stadium, a public-private partnership (PPP) project, was taken up in 2012 and has been completed at a cost of about Rs 161 crore.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000 and can host both football and cricket matches as well as indoor sport.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The staidum also has facilities like players' lounge, gymnasium, media centre, shopping outlets and food courts. There is also a convention centre and club house. There are indoor courts for squash, volleyball, table tennis and basketball along with an Olympic size swimming pool. There will also be parking facilities for about 2000 vehicles.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><div>The stadium has eight high-mast lights. The lighting is suitable for HD telecast, a first in India.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The first stadium in India to be built in a build-operate-transfer arrangement, the stadium will be operated for 15 years by the company that built it. After 15 years, the stadium will be handed over to the University of Kerala, which has leased 36 acres for it. The university will receive Rs 94 lakh per year as lease.</div></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div style="float:left; border:thin solid #EEEEEE; width:654px; margin:0.5em;"><img alt="A view of the new Trivandrum International Stadium" src="/sites/default/files/20150126stad650.jpg" style="text-align:center; padding:2px;" title="A view of the new Trivandrum International Stadium"><div class="caption">A view of the new Trivandrum International Stadium</div></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>NNN</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div style="margin: 0.5em; border: thin solid #eeeeee; width: 472px; text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="60px" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="/betweentextad_googlestrip.php" width="468px">&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Advertisement&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</iframe><span style="font-size:0.6em;font-variant:small-caps;color:#999999;bottom:-8px; float:right;">ADVERTISEMENT</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><h3>See News Videos</h3><div id="vt_widget">&nbsp;</div>
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<div>A couple from Gujarat, who were part of a group of tourists on a visit to Kerala, were trampled to death by wild elephants while they were trekking in the cardamom plantations at Gavi in Pathanamthitta district of the state yesterday, officials said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The victims were identified as Upendra P. Rawal (52), a businessman, and his wife Jagruthi (50), an employee of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), residents of the Thaltej area of Ahmedabad.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>They were part of a group which was staying at well-known holiday resorts in Munnar and Thekkady and were on a visit to the area yesterday as part of a day tour arranged with the help of the resort, officials told NetIndian.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The group, which included four foreigners and a guide, were trekking in the plantation when one of them spotted a few elephants and called out to the rest, who ran towards the herd.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In the confusion, a deer behind the elephants let out a cry. The elephants appeared to have panicked and rushed towards the tourists, who were taking pictures. While the guide and the others managed to escape, the couple could not get out of the way in time and were trampled to death. Both of them died on the spot, they said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div>
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<div>The elephants stood near the bodies of the couple for some time before officials reached the spot and managed to chase them away so that the bodies could be retrieved..</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Post-mortem examinations were conducted on the bodies today, after which they were due to be handed over to their relatives, who had been informed of the tragedy, they said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>This was the second such incident in Kerala in recent months. On October 27, 2014, a 28-year-old school teacher, who was part of a group of tourists, also from Gujarat, was trampled to death by an elephant near Munnar.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The woman was clicking pictures of the elephant at an elephant camp when it suddenly turned and swayed its trunk, hitting the woman. She fell on the ground, near the elephant, and ended up being trampled by it in the commotion that was caused.</div><div>&nbsp;</div>
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<div>Union Minister for Communications &amp; Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad will commission India's first high-speed rural broadband network in Idukki district of Kerala under the Digital India Programme at a function in Thiruvananthapuram on January 12.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will be the guest of honour at the event, which will also be attended by several other Kerala Ministers and other dignitaries, an official press release said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) is the largest rural connectivity project of its kind in the world. It seeks to link each of the 2.5 lakh village panchayts of India through broadband optical fibre network. On its completion, NOFN is expected to facilitate broadband connectivity to over 600 million rural citizens of the country.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>NOFN, which is being funded by the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), Department of Telecom, Ministry of Communications &amp; IT, is envisaged as a non-discriminatory telecom infrastructure, which will bridge the gap in rural telecom access.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>NOFN will enable each of the 2.5 lakh village panchayats to have 100 Mbps of bandwidth, thereby facilitating the delivery of various e-services and applications including e-health, e-education, e-governance and e-commerce in the future.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In the first phase NOFN shall be extended to cover 50,000 village panchayats, with the balance 2,00,000 villages to be covered in a phased manner by 2016. The project is being implemented by three central public sector undertakings (CPSUs) -- BSNL, PGCIL and Railtel in the first phase.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>A key feature of the project is that the GPON equipment used in the project has been indigenously designed and developed by C-DOT and manufactured domestically. The project will be centrally managed by BBNL through a high capacity Network Management System being developed by C-DOT.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div>
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<div>With the commissioning of the network in Idukki, a relatively inaccessible area with a large tribal and rural population, it will become the first district in the country to have all its village panchayats connected through NOFN.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>It is expected that the establishment of NOFN would open up new avenues for access service providers like mobile operators, cable TV operators and so on to launch launch next generation services, and spur creation of local employment opportunities encompassing e-commerce and IT outsourcing as well as services such as e-banking, e-health and e-education for inclusive growth. This will also enable delivery of various services such as local planning, management, monitoring and payments under Government schemes at panchayat level.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Digital India is a flagship programme of the Central Government which aims to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. The provision of broadband connectivity to every citizen is one of the key objectives of Digital India, and the commissioning of the NOFN network at Idukki is expected to mark a significant step towards realization of this ambitious vision, the release added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>NNN</div>
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<div>Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor today said the investigation into his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death a little under a year ago, which is now being treated as a case of murder by the Delhi Police, must be conducted without any "predetermined outcome or political pressure".</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Breaking his silence on the issue, Mr Tharoor told mediapersons at an Ayurveda health resort in Guruvayur in Kerala that he had yesterday written a detailed letter to Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi raising several questions and voicing concern about the manner in which the investigation had been conducted so far.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He said he hoped the letter would receive Mr Bassi's personal attention and that he would discuss the concerns he had raised with the team of investigating officials.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Mr Tharoor's brief interaction with the media, at which he did not take any questions, came three days after the Delhi Police said that it was treating Ms Pushkar's death as a case of murder after the medical board had, in its final report, said that she had died of poisoning.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Nobody has been named as a suspect in the case, which has been filed against unknown persons at the Sarojini Nagar Police Station here.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Mr Tharoor, 58, is currently a member of the Lok Sabha, representing the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Ms Pushkar, 52, was found dead, lying on a bed in room 345 of the Hotel Leela Palace in the Chanakyapuri area of the capital around 2030 hours of January 17 last year.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Mr Bassi had said the final report of the medical board set up by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), received by the Delhi Police on December 29, had stated that she had not died of natural causes.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"She died due to poisoning. Whether the poison was given orally or injected is being investigated," he said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He said the filing of the case, under section 302 of would facilitate further investigation into her death. He said the quantum of poison administered had not been ascertained yet and samples of her viscera would have to be sent to laboratories abroad for this. The substance has also not been identified yet.</div><div>&nbsp;</div>
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<div>Reacting to the development, Mr Tharoor had said on Tuesday that he was stunned to hear the Delhi Police had filed a case of murder against unknown persons in the demise of his wife.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>At today's press conference, he again said that he was taken aback by the filing of the first information report (FIR) under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which deals with murder.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He said no one in the family had any reason to believe that Ms Pushkar had been the victim of foul play. "Every one loved her deeply. There is no question of any one with access to her harming her in any way," he said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Mr Tharoor said his silence over the past few days had been described as "sinister" by the media but pointed out that he had been silent on the issue for close to a year now. This was because he did not wish to undermine or compromise the police investigations into her death by anything that he said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He said he did not wish to join public debates on television for TRPs. He said he had lost his wife and had not been allowed to mourn in peace because of the media coverage over his wife's death, much of which he alleged was based on misinformation and sometimes outright lies.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He said he had, right at the outset, pledged complete cooperation by himself and his staff to help the police establish the case and would continue to cooperate with the police in this matter.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Mr Tharoor said that it was largely due to such pressures that he had visited the health resort for treatment some months ago, when doctors there had advised him to go through a full two-week course.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>That course ended today. "I came here as scheduled and am leaving today as scheduled," he said, clarifying that his presence at the resort had nothing to do with the filing of the FIR by the Delhi Police.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Hoping that the police would investigate the case in a professional manner and that it would bring closure in the matter, he said, "I hope Sunanda, her family and I get justice in this case."</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Ms Pushkar's death on January 17 last year came just a day after a very unseemly and public controversy on micro-blogging site Twitter that involved her and her husband and a Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The controversy arose out of Ms Pushkar's suspicion that Mr Tharoor was involved in an affair with Ms Tarar, an allegation that that the Pakistani journalist denied.</div><div>&nbsp;</div>
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<div>Mr Tharoor and Ms Pushkar put out a joint statement asserting that they were "happily married" and intended to "remain that way".</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"We are distressed by the unseemly controversy that has arisen about some unauthorised tweets from our Twitter accounts," the Tharoors had said in their statement.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"Various distorted accounts of comments allegedly made by Sunanda have appeared in the press. &nbsp;It appears that some personal and private comments responding to these unauthorised tweets -- comments that were not intended for publication -- have been misrepresented and led to some erroneous conclusions.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"We wish to stress that we are happily married and intend to remain that way. Sunanda has been ill and hospitalised this week and is seeking to rest. We would be grateful if the media respects our privacy," the statement, posted on Mr Tharoor's Facebook page on the day before her death, had said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Mr Tharoor's aide told journalists outside the hotel that the then Minister had returned to the suite that evening, after attending the day-long All India Congress Committee (AICC) session at Talkatora Stadium and another event, when he discovered that his wife had died.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>According to the aide, Mr Tharoor initially thought his wife was resting, but he realised something was amiss a little later and then his staff informed the police, which rushed a team immediately.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The aide said that Ms Pushkar, who was unwell, and Mr Tharoor had checked into the hotel the previous morning because of some repairs and renovation work being carried out in their house.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Since the couple had been married for less than seven years, a sub-divisional magistrate had inquired into the death under Section 176 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). Police procedures had begun after that.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Ms Pushkar used to work as a sales director in a Dubai firm before she got married to Mr Tharoor.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Born on January 1, 1962, Ms Pushkar was divorced from her first husband, Sanjay Raina. Her second husband Sujith Menon died in a road accident in &nbsp;1997. She had a son, Shiv Menon, from that marriage. It was Mr Tharoor's third marriage, too.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>A day after the police filed its FIR in the case, details emerged of a letter that Mr Tharoor had written to Mr Bassi in November last year, alleging that police officials had, while interrogating his domestic helper Narayan Singh as part of its investigations into Ms Pushkar's death, physically assaulted him and tried to force him into framing his employer in the case.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"The officer used the traumatic physical assault to try and intimidate Narayan into confessing that he and I murdered my wife," Mr Tharoor wrote in the letter dated November 12.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Mr Tharoor said in the letter that he had written it to put on record his conversation over the telephone with Mr Bassi three days earlier.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"As you graciously agreed, such conduct is completely unacceptable and illegal. It also amounts to the use of physical coercion in the attempt to frame an innocent man. I would request you to take immediate and appropriate action against such unlawful misconduct of the officer concerned," the letter said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He said he and his staff had always made themselves available for any kind of inqiry and investigation but the behaviour of the officers towards his staff was a matter of serious concern to a law-abiding citizen.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>According to him, four Delhi Police officers had questioned Narayan Singh for 16 hours on November 7 and for 14 hours on the next day. He alleged that on both days one of the officers had repeatedly physically assaulted Narayan Singh.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"Worse, that officer used the traumatic physical assault to try and intimidate Narayan into 'confessing' that he and I murdered my wife," Mr Tharoor said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"Please look into the matter personally and ensure that the unvarnished truth comes out in this case. My family and I are eagerly waiting to see the outcome of the inquiry conducted by the Delhi Police," he said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He expressed his "complete trust and faith" in Delhi Police under Mr Bassi's leadership and that he was committed to "fully cooperating with the investigations to ensure the timely completion of the inquiry".</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Narayan Singh was interrogated for several hours by the police yesterday.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>NNN</div>
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<div>The Kanyakumari-Thiruvananthapuram stretch of National Highway (NH-47) via Nagercoil-Kavalkinaru section of NH-47B, will be widened to four lanes, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon. Radhakrishnan told the Rajya Sabha today.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In a written reply to a question, Mr Radhakrishnan said the detailed project report in this regard had been prepared for implementing the project under two packages.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The first package consists of four-laning of Thiruvananthapuram – Kerala/ Tamil Nadu border section of NH-47 for a length of 43.00 km in Kerala and second consists of four-laning of Kerala/Tamil Nadu border – Kanniyakumari section of NH-47 and Nagercoil – Kavalkinaru section of NH-47B for a total length of 70.36 km in Tamil Nadu.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The land acquisition for four laning has been taken up and the construction of four lane road would be taken up after acquisition of required land, he said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The section from Tirunelvli to Thiruvananthapuram via Nagercoil is connected with National Highway (NH) -7, NH-47 and NH-47B. Out of this, the stretch of NH-7 from Tirunelveli to Kanyakumari has already been converted into four lane carriageway, the Minister added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>NNN</div><div>&nbsp;</div>
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<div>Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy yesterday announced the names of the 100 students who had been selected for the Pratibha Scholarships given by the &nbsp;Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Of the <a href="http://www.kscste.kerala.gov.in/images/uploads/PRATHIBHA_SCHOLARSHIP_2014-15_Rank_list-_to_website.pdf" target="_blank">100 students selected</a>, 84 are girls and ten are from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, an official press release said</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Topping the list are students of first year B.Sc. who secured 100% marks in their higher secondary examination. They include Maria Thankachan (Pavanatma College, Idukki), Apoorva Gopinath (Farokh College, Kozhikode), Hari Priya (PSG College, Coimbatore) and Angel Abraham (St Joseph's College, Kozhikode).</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The scholarship worth Rs 54,000 is meant for students who have excelled in science subjects at the higher secondary level for pursuing undergraduate courses.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>There were 1876 applicants for the scholarship this time. The scholarship will be disbursed annually during the course of the degree programme and it will be in the order of Rs 12,000 in the first year, Rs 18,000 in the second year and Rs 24,000 in the third year.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Science awareness programmes will also be held for these students and the outstanding ones will also be given scholarship for their post-graduate programmes.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Those who have been selected for the scholarship should produce necessary documents before December 8, the release added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>NNN</div><div>&nbsp;</div>
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<div style="margin: 0.5em; border: thin solid #eeeeee; width: 304px; float: left; text-align:center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="250px" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="/betweentextad_admagnet.php" width="300px">&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Advertisement&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</iframe><span style="font-size:0.6em;font-variant:small-caps;color:#999999;bottom:-8px; float:right;">ADVERTISEMENT</span></div><div>The <a href="http://www.ictkerala.org/" target="_blank">ICT Academy of Kerala </a>(ICTAK) and IT major Oracle have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to implement Oracle Academy's computer science programmes across 60 institutes in the state over the next two years.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>As part of this initiative, Oracle Academy software curriculum, hosted technology, training, support and certification resources are expected to be made available to students and faculty, a press release from the company said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Additionally, 120 faculty members are scheduled to undergo training to help put 6000 students on the pathway to future IT careers, it said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The MoU aims to integrate Oracle Academy curriculum into the educational programs of the state’s colleges to inspire the next generation of technology professionals and help prepare them for careers in IT, the release said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Oracle will facilitate a ‘train-the-trainer’ course to ramp up faculty representatives as instructors for six courses, including Creating Java Programs with Greenfoot, Java Fundamentals, Java Programming, Database Design, Database Programming with SQL, and Programming with PL/SQL. Once trained and certified, this faculty is expected to use the Oracle Academy infrastructure to train other faculty members.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Oracle Academy is Oracle’s flagship program in education philanthropy, providing education institutions worldwide with software, curriculum, support, and certification resources that faculty can integrate into their classrooms. Through hands-on experience with current technologies, students develop skills that can help them be successful in the modern workforce.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The release said that more than 2.2 million students in 96 countries benefit from Oracle Academy. In India, Oracle Academy programs support more than 240,000 students at more than 1300 educational institutions, it said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"Oracle Academy has been dedicated in our mission to extend the reach of computer science education to students across the world, including in India,” said Krishna Sistla, Senior Director, Oracle Academy, Oracle Asia Pacific and Japan. “Access to good computer science education is a defining 21st century social issue, and with the help of Oracle Academy’s programs, students of Kerala can enhance their knowledge and build relevant industry expertise for job opportunities in the field of Information Technology and other industries that benefits from IT.”</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>“The core objective of ICT Academy of Kerala is to improve employability skills amongst students,” said Santhosh Kurup, CEO, ICT Academy of Kerala. “Our aim is to prepare students of higher education to face the competitive world by equipping them with high quality course content and skilled teachers. We are excited to work with Oracle in delivering Oracle Academy curriculum to our students and teachers, and believe this educational foundation will help prepare our students for today’s workforce.”&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>ICTAK is a social enterprise created in a public private partnership model (PPP) for imparting ICT skills to the youth of Kerala and improve their employability opportunities in the Industry. The company is supported by the Government of India, and partnered by the government of Kerala and the ICT industry.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>NNN&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div style="margin: 0.5em; border: thin solid #eeeeee; width: 472px; text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="60px" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="/betweentextad_googlestrip.php" width="468px">&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Advertisement&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</iframe><span style="font-size:0.6em;font-variant:small-caps;color:#999999;bottom:-8px; float:right;">ADVERTISEMENT</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><h3>See News Videos</h3><div id="vt_widget">&nbsp;</div>
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<div>Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has written to his Tamil Nadu counterpart O. Panneerselvam, urging him to ensure that immediate steps must be taken to reduce the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam.</div><div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The masonry dam was constructed pursuant to the Periyar Lake Lease Agreement dated 29.10.1886 across Periyar river. It is situated in Idukki district of Kerala but owned and operated by the government of Tamil Nadu.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In his letter, Mr Chandy said the water level in the dam was above 136 feet for two weeks and had reached 139.5 feet. Out of the 13 spillway gates, one is damaged and the repair works are going on.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"With the north-east monsoon becoming more active the water level would increase. This has caused serious concern and anxiety among the people," he said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Mr Chandy said the water level could be reduced by suitable reservoir management of Mullaperiyar and Vaigai reservoirs as was being done in the previous years.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"More than 3 TMC water can be stored in Vaigai reservoir. If the discharge through the tunnel from Mullaperiyar is increased to its maximum then the water levels can be reduced. By doing so, Tamil Nadu will not lose a single drop of water," he said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Mr Chandy urged Mr Panneerselvam to personally intervene in the matter and give instructions to the officers concerned.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He also pointed out that the Kerala Chief Secretary had already written in this regard to the Mullperiyar dam supervisory committee and the PWD Secretary of Tamil Nadu.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>NNN</div><div>&nbsp;</div></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<script type="text/javascript" defer="defer" src="http://www.ventunotech.com/plugins/widgets/wid_video_results.js"></script>http://netindian.in/news/2014/11/14/00031426/chandy-writes-panneerselvam-water-level-mullaperiyar-dam#commentsNationalThiruvananthapuramKeralaTamil NaduFri, 14 Nov 2014 16:51:45 +0000admin231426 at http://netindian.in